The fossil record of biodiversity in Angola through time: a paleontological perspective

Octávio Mateus; Pedro M. Callapez; Michael J. Polcyn; Anne S. Schulp; António Olímpio Gonçalves; Louis L. Jacobs

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4

The fossil record of biodiversity in Angola through time: a paleontological perspective

Octávio Mateus
, Pedro M. Callapez
, Michael J. Polcyn
, Anne S. Schulp
, António Olímpio Gonçalves
, Louis L. Jacobs

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the alpha paleobiodiversity of Angola based on the available fossil record that is limited to the sedimentary rocks, ranging in age from Precambrian to the present. The geological period with the highest paleobiodiversity in the Angolan fossil record is the Cretaceous, with more than 80% of the total known fossil taxa, especially marine molluscs, including ammonites as a majority among them. The vertebrates represent about 15% of the known fauna and about one tenth of them are species firstly described based on specimens from Angola.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Biodiversity of Angola
Subtitle of host publication	science & conservation: a modern synthesis
Editors	Brian J. Huntley, Vladimir Russo, Fernanda Lages, Nuno Ferrand
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	4
Pages	53-76
Number of pages	24
Volume	Cham
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-03083-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-03082-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4
Publication status	Published - 20 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

ammonites
Benguela Basin
cenozoic
cretaceous
Cuanza Basin
Dinosaur
invertebrates
mammals
mollusca
mosasaur
Namibe Basin
paleobiodiversity
pleistocene
vertebrate
plesiosaur
turtle

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Mateus, O., Callapez, P. M., Polcyn, M. J., Schulp, A. S., Gonçalves, A. O., & Jacobs, L. L. (2019). The fossil record of biodiversity in Angola through time: a paleontological perspective. In B. J. Huntley, V. Russo, F. Lages, & N. Ferrand (Eds.), Biodiversity of Angola: science & conservation: a modern synthesis (Vol. Cham, pp. 53-76). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4

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Biodiversity of Angola: science & conservation: a modern synthesis. ed. / Brian J. Huntley; Vladimir Russo; Fernanda Lages; Nuno Ferrand. Vol. Cham Springer, 2019. p. 53-76.

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